Israel and the enduring land promise

The latest to challenge Israel’s irrevocable calling is the Church of Scotland, which concluded the land promise to Israel no longer stands.

The Kilmory Church, on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
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Gentile Christians have always had a problem with understanding and accepting
God’s enduring election over Israel. The latest to challenge Israel’s
irrevocable calling is the Church of Scotland, which recently issued a report
entitled “The Inheritance of Abraham,” that concluded the land promise to Israel
no longer stands and was allegorical to begin with.After sharp criticism
from the Jewish community and fellow Christians, the Scottish church is now
reconsidering this document. But in it, they also insisted that the divine
election of Israel can no longer be defended in light of the New Testament
message of God’s universal love.